ADL Data Systems

Category: SNF

MDS Section GG and New GG Data Collection and eForm
ADL introduces online GG collection forms and auto-fill function to support MDS Section GG. This are difficult enough for the direct care staff to document accurately and now there is a new set of definitions for the same or similar ADLs that also needed to be accurately coded. In addition, this GG Coding has different timelines for completion from the original MDS fields.

The GG data needs to be captured:

• At Start of SNF PPS stay, with an assessment period of days 1-3
• At End of SNF PPS stay upon discharge

Section GG the “Self Care” item does not have the separate coding for self-performance and support as are used to in Section G: rather the admission performance and discharge goal coding is combined with amount of assistance needed.

Accessing the GG Collection Tool needs to be integrated with the Admission and Discharge (ADT) Workflows.
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October 7, 2016
EPCS Waiver for New York State Expiration 03/27/17
The EPCS waivers, issued for all New York State
Skilled Nursing Facilities will expire March 27, 2017.

Please do not wait until the last minute.

Contact ADL as soon as possible to schedule a demo of the e-prescribing workflow
and set up an appointment so we can ensure a smooth timely transition to EPCS.
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September 15, 2016
Nursing Homes’ Progress
Significant reductions in adverse drug events, infections, wounds and use of restraints in nursing homes are among the key achievements touted this week by federal regulators. The good news comes in a progress report on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Quality Improvement Organization Program, a five-year effort designed to enhance the quality of services for Medicare beneficiaries.

CMS redesigned the QIO program in August 2014. More than 5,000 nursing homes were recruited to participate in the national collaborative.

Among the achievements among participating nursing homes:
- 44,640 potential adverse drug events were prevented;
- 3,374 pressure ulcers were prevented or healed in 787 facilities;
- 6,250 Medicare beneficiaries in 981 facilities are now restraint free; and
- 85,149 fewer days with urinary catheters for Medicare beneficiaries.
Two key nursing home goals in the five-year program are a resident-centered care and safety initiative, and an effort to reduce the use of antipsychotics.

Under the quality of resident-centered care and safety initiative, the QIO program hopes to unite nursing homes, key stakeholders and organizations throughout their communities to share tools, knowledge and technology to achieve system-wide improvement. One in five nursing home residents current suffer preventable harm, according to a recent Inspector General report.

The antipsychotics reduction initiative aims to reduce an original 19.8% national use of antipsychotics in long-stay nursing home residents while providing education, training and technical assistance to nursing home facilities.

For more information, download the complete report or visit the QIO website.
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April 8, 2015